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Community calendar for August 10, 2022

Through Aug. 27 Looking Forward, Facing Back Allied Arts of Whatcom County’s next exhibit is Looking Forward, Facing Back. This installment, featuring the work of Erin Libby, Jessica ...

Briefly: Ferndale and the surrounding areas in the news, August 10, 2022

Deputies arrest man for murder in North Cascades National Park WHATCOM — On Aug. 8 Whatcom County Sheriff’s deputies and detectives responded to the area of State Route 20 and Mile ...

COUNTRY LIFE: Vintage Farming Days

Held at Berthusen Park from Aug. 3-6, the Vintage Farming Days event, sponsored by the Puget Sound Antique Tractor and Machinery Association, included parades, threshing, steam and ...

COUNTRY LIFE: Benchmark milk prices drop $1.81 from June

Finances are getting tighter on the farm. The Agriculture Department announced the July Federal order Class III benchmark milk price at $22.52 per hundredweight, down $1.81 from June ...

COUNTRY LIFE: Late summer color for your garden

LYNDEN — Sitting outside the other night, I was struck by how early it was getting dark. It should come as no surprise — after all, last I checked, this happens every year — but ...

Memorable editors, for a reason

‘One Sunday morning, as I fervently combed  through an intriguing chapter on editing in The New York Public Library: writer’s guide to style and usage, suddenly editors whom I ...

To be safe from trauma

Often we don’t talk about trauma. But it is a real thing changing lives, the way we think, our feelings of safety. Trauma causes fear and anger, it immobilizes motions and actions ...

Reporter likes Northwest Washington Fair – a lot

This week the Northwest Washington Fair – aka the Fair — returns to Lynden.  Now that we are past the COVID-19 lockdowns and I’m getting closer to another decade on this ...

Food is ‘very big part’ of Punjabi culture

Mix Masala brings soulful Indian food to  Ferndale community through Food Truck Fridays  By Leora Watson Staff Reporter FERNDALE — Fridays are for food trucks. The first Friday ...

Aug. 5 Update: 2022 primary election unofficial results

The following are the unofficial results of the Aug. 2 election as of 4 p.m. Aug. 5. Official results will be released on Aug. 16. LD42 Senator Sharon Shewmake (D)    24,253    ...